Niagara Select 2018
- Date
- Apr 7, 2018
- City
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1
- Details
The competition takes place in Market Hall, which is on the lower level of Thistle Complex.
- Contact
- Organizers
- Alex Keats, Dave Campbell, and Sarah Strong
- WCA Delegates
- Dave Campbell and Sarah Strong
- Information
Please see tabs for information about the events.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 100
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (Canadian Dollar).
The competition has a limit of 120 competitors. In order to be added to the competitors list, you must register and pay. If you register but do not pay, you will be added to the waiting list.
After the competitors list reaches 120 competitors, you may register for the waiting list. If anyone on the competitors list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be contacted and be given 24 hours to respond and pay in order to be added to the competitors list.
Registration will open at 9:00 AM on Saturday, March 10 and will close at 12:00 AM on Wednesday, April 4.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Bill Wang won with an average of 7.22 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jonathan Esparaz finished second (8.35) and Eric Limeback finished third (8.69).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Bill Wang | 6.32 | 7.22 | Canada | 7.42 | 7.82 | 7.49 | 6.32 | 6.74 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Paul Ellement | 1.66 | 1.95 | Canada | 1.86 | 4.81 | 1.66 | 1.86 | 2.13 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Bill Wang | 25.43 | 26.83 | Canada | 25.43 | 27.16 | 26.07 | 27.27 | 29.52 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Bill Wang | 45.03 | NR | 49.38 | NR | Canada | 48.74 | 46.20 | 53.19 | 45.03 | 53.43 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Bill Wang | 10.79 | 12.89 | Canada | 11.66 | 13.80 | 13.20 | 10.79 | 16.81 | |||
| Pyraminx | Ryan Minjun Cho | 3.04 | 3.98 | Canada | 6.02 | 3.04 | 3.26 | 4.37 | 4.30 | |||
Events
• 2x2x2 (3 rounds)
• 3x3x3 (3 rounds)
• 3x3x3 One-Handed
• 4x4x4
• 5x5x5
• Pyraminx
Schedule
| Start | End | Event | # of Groups | Format | Cut-Off | Time Limit | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | 9:15 | Check-In | |||||
| 9:15 | 9:55 | 2x2x2 Round 1 | 8 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | ||
| 9:55 | 10:55 | 3x3x3 Round 1 | 8 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | ||
| 10:55 | 11:30 | Pyraminx Final | 6 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | ||
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Lunch | |||||
| 12:30 | 1:50 | 4x4x4 Combined Final | 6 | Best of 2* / Average of 5 | 1:30 | 10 mins | |
| 1:50 | 2:10 | 2x2x2 Round 2 | 4 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | Top 48 | |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | 3x3x3 Round 2 | 4 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | Top 48 | |
| 2:40 | 3:10 | 3x3x3 One-Handed Combined Final | 4 | Best of 2* / Average of 5 | 0:45 | 10 mins | |
| 3:15 | 4:25 | 5x5x5 Combined Final | 4 | Best of 2* / Average of 5 | 3:00 | 10 mins | |
| 4:25 | 4:40 | 2x2x2 Final | 2 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | Top 24 | |
| 4:40 | 5:00 | 3x3x3 Final | 2 | Average of 5 | 10 mins | Top 24 | |
| 5:00 | 5:30 | Awards & Pizza |
* For events with the "Best of 2 / Average of 5" format, one of your first two solves must be under the cut-off in order to be granted the remaining three solves.
Here are the groups for each competitor in each event. The groups are called up in order.
| Name | 3x3x3 | 2x2x2 | 4x4x4 | 5x5x5 | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Pyraminx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Group | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Adrian Stan | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Adyan Hossain | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Alex Jung | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Alex Keats | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Alexandre Gauthier | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alexzander Zhi Bin Cai | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Andy Bota | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Arhaan Sareen | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Austin Wood | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Avery Shum | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ben Madison | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Ben Rockman | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Benjamin Kramer | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Bill Wang | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Brady Metherall | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Chris Harrison | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Chris May | 2 | |||||
| Cole Berruti | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Cole Pybus | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Cole Robichaud | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Colin Cayen | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Craig Bouchard | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Curtis Jones | 5 | |||||
| Daniel Manguply | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Darren Tang | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Campbell | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Denys Novikov | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Elijah Gonzales | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Elliot Spray | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Eric Fairless | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Eric Limeback | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Evan Facchini | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Evan Riesebosch | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fangwen Zhou | 6 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Francis Gerard Caasi | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Fred Quong | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Gabrielle Morasse | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Garrett John Collins | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Humza Faraz Qureshi | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Isabelle Madison | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Jack Boos | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Jackson Gallagher-Temple | 1 | |||||
| Jacob Brunton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jacob Lawrence Martens | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Jaden Travis Soliven | 7 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Jakob Janutka | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| James Hocevar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jaswin Kochhar | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Jeffrey Draper | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
| Jennifer Yu | 3 | |||||
| John Dominik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Eppley | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Jonathan Esparaz | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Josh Poulsen | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Jung Junyoung (정준영) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kaelan Nguyen | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Karina Nemirovski | 3 | |||||
| Kayan Baig | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Kayden Beatty | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Ken Brunet | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ken Truong | 3 | |||||
| Kevin McGaire | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Kole Glover | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Kristofher Lara | 2 | |||||
| Kyle Corbin | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leland Veliinga | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Levi Martens | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Loïc Gagnon | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Logan Kapitanchuk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lucian Cheng | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Mark Chen | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Matthew Finta | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Matthew Jennings | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Merick Jeffares | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Michael Fisher | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Petro | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Michael Zheng | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nastia Patrice | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Nicholas Patterson | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Noah May | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Owen Berg | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Owen Huizinga | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Paul Ellement | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Peter Douthwright | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Richard Madison | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Riley Orr | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roan Paone | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Ryan Finnamore | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ryan Hinds | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ryan Minjun Cho | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Ryan Wu | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Sachin Vaithylingam | 2 | |||||
| Samuel CY Gong | 1 | |||||
| Sarah Strong | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Steven Aird | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Steven Galen | 6 | |||||
| Theo Brock | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Thompson Clarke | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tom O'Toole | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Tommy Madison | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| William Fehr | 1 | |||||
| Xiao Han | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Zach M. Fauser | 1 | 1 |
Vending
CANcube will be selling puzzles at this event.
Please park in lot D and work your way towards Market Hall/Guernsey Market.
Here is an image to direct you: https://imgur.com/a/cxNIi
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.